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Oh snap! Police capture 65-pound turtle from Virginia suburb
The Associated Press | Posted Jun 16th - 11:18am
A 65-pound (29-kilogram) alligator snapping turtle with a face only its mother could love has found a new home at a Virginia zoo after freaking out residents in a northern Virginia suburb.
Police: Florida man lets 12-year-old drive Jeep 85 mph
The Associated Press | Posted Jun 9th - 10:14am
A Florida man is facing felony charges after police said he let a 12-year-old girl drive his SUV and told her to speed because he wanted to be a “cool father” — even though he is not her dad.
Treasure chest hidden in Rocky Mountains finally found
The Associated Press | Posted Jun 7th - 12:58pm
A bronze chest filled with gold, jewels, and other valuables worth more than $1 million and hidden a decade ago somewhere in the Rocky Mountain wilderness has been found, according to a famed art and antiquities collector who created the treasure hunt.
Woman says she rescued mother of puppies found on snowy mountain; rancher says she has his herd dog
MacK Jones, KSL | Posted May 27th - 8:54pm
A northern Utah woman says she finally located an abandoned Great Pyrenees named “Grace” after searching for the dog since December in the Monte Cristo area of Cache County.
Glazed or jelly? Doughnuts lure city-roaming bear into trap
The Associated Press | Posted May 27th - 11:40am
Glazed or jelly? A black bear roaming around a Florida city proved no match for the doughnuts that lured the animal into a humane trap.
Boy, 6, cracks open robbery case by reeling in sunken safe
The Associated Press | Posted May 21st - 9:12am
A 6-year-old boy helped crack open a nearly decade-old robbery case when he reeled in a locked safe from the bottom of a South Carolina lake.
Mississippi gov is pranked in shout-out to high school grads
Emily Wagster Pettus, Associated Press | Posted May 20th - 9:47am
This one slipped through the cracks.
Wisconsin family saves bear swimming with head stuck in bin
The Associated Press | Posted Jun 30th - 1:24pm
A Wisconsin family helped save a young bear that was struggling to breathe while swimming in a lake with its head caught in a plastic food container.
Swimmer caught on video grabbing shark at Delaware beach
The Associated Press | Posted Jun 24th - 10:35am
A swimmer in Delaware was caught on camera prying a shark’s mouth open with his hands this weekend in an effort to free it from a fishing hook.
Sausage, onion and iguana: Dead reptile found in pizza joint
The Associated Press | Posted Jun 23rd - 11:21am
File it under pizza toppings only offered in Florida. State inspectors found an 80-pound (36-kilogram) iguana stashed in the freezer at a local pizza joint.
Michigan man wins $4M lottery scratch card game, again
The Associated Press | Posted Jun 22nd - 1:35pm
How does he do it? For the second time, a southeastern Michigan man has won a $4 million lottery game, officials said Monday.
Man who charged New York protesters with knife claw arrested
The Associated Press | Posted Jun 4th - 9:42pm
A man seen on video charging protesters in New York while wearing a glove with four long, serrated-edged blades surrendered to authorities, the Queens district attorney said Thursday night.
Police: Man faked wife's disappearance so she'd avoid prison
The Associated Press | Posted Jun 3rd - 5:11pm
A West Virginia woman and her husband faked her disappearance by pretending she plummeted from an overlook as part of a scheme to keep her out of having to go to prison, authorities said.
Florida woman discovers alligators fighting by her home
The Associated Press | Posted Jun 2nd - 6:13am
A woman in route to get her morning coffee was jolted awake with pounding on her front door she later discovered to be two alligators fighting in front of her home in Florida.
'Feisty' 103-year-old survives virus, celebrates with beer
The Associated Press | Posted May 28th - 3:34pm
“Feisty" is the way Shelley Gunn describes her 103-year-old grandmother.
Texas jail says guards didn't notice inmate giving birth
Jake Bleiberg, Associated Press | Posted May 28th - 12:34pm
A woman managed to go into labor and give birth alone in a Texas jail cell without any corrections officers noticing until after she had delivered the child, a sheriff's official said Thursday.
German police investigating find of ape body parts in forest
The Associated Press | Posted May 28th - 3:19am
German police say the grisly find of an ape’s hand and foot in a forest west of Munich appears to be less nefarious than previously thought, and certainly not as outlandish than wildly speculative tips they’ve received.
Moose family reunion: Trooper brings calves, mom together
The Associated Press | Posted May 19th - 3:29pm
A Utah state trooper has helped a pair of newborn moose calves reunite safely with their mother after spotting them on a mountain road.
